Machine for moistening the fold-lines of collars



T. S. WILES.

Machine for lVloistening the Fold Lines of Collars. No. 234,156.Patented Nov. 9,1880.

WITNESSES: lflG.7. 7" INVENTOR:

N. PETERS, PHOTO# IHMGRAPNER. wAsH\ NGTON, D C,

UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. WILES, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

MACHINE "FOR MOISTENING THE FL'D-.L'IN ES OF COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,156, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed September 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, 'THOMAS S. WILEs, of thecity of Albany, in the countyof Albany and State of New York, haveinvented certain In1- provenients in Devices for Moistenin g the Line ofFold in Turn-Down Collars, of which in- Vention the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Turn-down collars of linen and similar woven fabrics are starched andironed flat and stiff, and afterward folded or turned down in a curvedline along the upper edge of the neckband portion. The proper folding orturning down of such starch'ed and ironed iiat stiff collars is usuallydifficult and liable to strain and break the threads in the outer layersthereof', so that many `such collars are commonly spoiled in `beingfolded.

The general object of my present invention is to produce devices by theuse of which a person can rapidly, evenly, and nicely moisten the curvedline of fold in dat stiff-starched and ironed collars, a-nd therebyfacilitate the even folding over of the outer face portion upon the bandpart and greatly lessen the liability of breaking or injuriouslystraining the fabric of the collar along the line of fold.

In the aforesaid drawings, in which like parts are marked by likeletters in the different figures, Figure 1 is a central longitudinalsection and elevation of a machine which embodies one form of thisinvention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one end part, Fig. 3 across-section at the line z z, Fig. 4 a section at the line y y, andFig. 5 a 4horizontal section at the line x x and plan of some partsbelow that line, all of thesame machine. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevationof some parts of the same machine on a larger scale. Fig. 7 is asectional side elevation, and Fig. 8 an end elevation, of a part of amachine which embodies another form of a portion of this invention.

A is the stationary part of the machine. B and O are two feed-rollers,both dry and one or both made narrow, and shaped so that a person canfreely pass and guide through between them, when turning together,variouslyshaped collars, each in the particular curved course of itsline of fold, without dampening any part of the collar by its contactwith the rollers.

D is a line-moistcning device, constructed and arranged so that itsliquid-delivering point or part e shall be in contact with and dischargea limited quantity of liquid against one surface ofthe curved line offold w, Fig. 5, in a collar, V, while the latter is being properlypassed through between the rollers, so as to thereby progressivelymoisten the line of fold. The line moistener D is arranged with itsdischarge-point e in, or nearly in, the plane u u of the axes ofthe tworollers B C, in order to thereby apply the liquid 4to the line of foldin a flat stiif-starched and ironed collar being passed between therollers without requiring the collar to be bent along and against a partof the curved surface of one of the rollers,and so that theline-moistener can begin to Wet the line of fold at the forward endofthe collar as soon as that end shall be entered between the rollers,and shall complete the moistening of the line of fold as soon as therear end of the collar shall leave the rollers.

I also arrange the liquid-delivering point e of the line-inoistenerbeyond and adjacent to one end of that one of the feed-rollers which isadapted to act against that side of the collar to which theline-moistener is adapted to apply the liquid, substantially asrepresented in the drawings, in order to thereby moisten the line offold in the collar while passing only the band portion s between the tworollers, and thus prevent the rollers from marring or injuring the.finished outer face portion, r, of

'the collar in the line-moistening operation.

In and around that one of the two rollers B C which is adapted to bearagainst that side of the collar to which the line-moistener is adaptedto apply the liquid I form an annular recess, f, to receive the usualthick raised seam ton the back side of the ironed collar along thejunction of the band part s and turndown portion r, and so that therecess f shall thereby serve as a guide to assist in directing thecollar in the proper curved course past the delivery part c of the linemoistener, and thereby cause the moistening of the collar on its backside in a line parallel to the said raised seam.

In order to facilitate the accurate presenta tion of the collars to therollers B (l and linemoistener D, and to guard against accidental IOOmarring and wetting of the finished surface of the ironed collar outsideof the line of fold by the said rollers and liiie-inoisteiier, I combineand arrange therewith a guard-plate, G, substantially as shown in thedrawings.

In the above-described combinations and arrangements of the feed rollersand linemoistener the. latter eau be in the forni of a split, grooved,or tubular reservoir, rulingpen, or striping device of any suitablekind.

In Figs. 7 and S the line-nioistener is in the forni of a liquid-holdingreservoir, h, having spongy material therein, and a tubular ruling orstriping outlet, i, and secured upon and moving with thc support J ofthe upper feed roller, which latter, in that ease, has the auntilarrecess f for receiving the raised seam t on the back of the collar.,

As a coinnionly-preferred device, I combine with the feed-rollers B C aline-inoistcner in the forni of a narrow liipiid-holding circular rim,7.', Figs. 1,2.,and (i, secured to or upon one end of the lower roller,(l, so as to be revolved with or by that roller and with about the sainesurface speed as the latter. the liquid being supplied or applied to thcrini l.' b v any suitablc means-as, for instance, from a reservoir by atube bearing at its open end against the rim k.

As au improvement, lconibine and arrange with the feedeiollers B t) aiulrotary line-moistener k a liquid-holding reservoir, L, and a circularlionid-carrying.disk, M, arranged to revolve viiti its upper edgeagainst the rini k and its lower edge in the liquid in tliereservoir, soas to thereby transfer a limited quantity ofthe liquid to the rotaryline-nioistener. and thence to the line of fold in a collar passingbetween the rollers.

The feed-roller and rotary line-inoistcner k arc secured to, so as to berevolved with and by, a shaft, N, journaled inthe stationary part A, andhaving a pulley, X', or liaiid-craiik N2, by which that shaft can berotated. The roller B is secured upon, so as to be turned with and by, ashaft, 0, which is journaled in a frame, J, that is pivoted atpp to thcstock A, so that the roller B is movable a little away from and towardthe other i`eed-roller. The liquid-supplying disk M is lsecured to. soas to be revolved by and with, a sliat't, Q, which isjoui'naled in aframe, It, that is pivoted at q q to the stock A, so that the disk M isthus movable a little away from the liiie-iiioisteiier k.

A spring, I, between the stock A and pivoted fratrie It causes the riinof the disk M to bear gently against the liiie-inoistening rim It', anda spring.I S, between the pivoted franie J and stock A serves to liftthe roller B away from the roller to permit the insertion of a collarwhenever the t'orceof the spring S is not overcome, as by foot or otherpressure upon a treadle or stirrup, ii. connected by a strap, rod,

sage of thc collar through between the rollers and along the deliveryparteof the line-moisteiier as the rollers B C revolve.

The shaft N of the roller C and rim k has fast thereon a gear, T,engaging with a gear, U, fast on the shaft 0 of the roller B, and with agear, W, fast on the shaft Q ofthe disk M, and these parts arepreferably all proportioned and arranged so that the rollers B C,linenioistening rim lr, and disk M shall all positively revolve togetherwith about equal surface speed.

The liquid-carrying parts k and M can con sist of' circular pieces offelt d, Fig. 6, or other suitable liqnidliolding material, securedbetween sold circular plates b, or the parts M and l.' can bc veryfiile-toothed wheels.

The nioisteiiing-liquid can be of any suitable kind, as water or amixture ot' water and glycerine.

What I claim as inyinvention isl. The combination, with the two dryfeedrollers adapted to pass a collar through between them withoutdampeniiig it, of a lineinoistener, substantially' such as described,having its liquid-delivering point in, or nearly in, thc plane of theaxes of the two feed-rollers and beyond and near to one cud of thebearing-surface of that feed-roller which is adapted to act against thatside of the collar to which the lineinoistener is adapted to apply theliquid, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the two dry feedrollers l C. having the annularrecessfin one oftliein, of a line-inoistener, substantially such asdescribed, having its liquid-delivering point in, or nearly in, theplane of the axes of the two feed-rollers and beyond and ucar one end ofthe bearing-surface ot' that feed-roller in which is the recessf, andwhich is adapted to bear against that side of the collar to which thcliiie-inoisteiier is adapted to apply the liquid, as set forth.

3. The combination of the two feed-rollers, the liiie-iiioistener, andthe collar-guiding guardplate G, substantially as described.

4. The combination, With the two dry feedrollers B C, of the circularline-inoisteiier k, concentric with and fast to the end of thefeedroller C, and means, substantially as specified, for supplyingliquid to said circularline-inoistener, as set forth.

.7. The combination of the feed-rollers B (l, rotary linenioistener k,liquid-feeding disk M, aiul devices, substantially as described, forgently pressing the liquid-feeding disk against the line-nioistener, andfor pressing one feedroller against and moving it away from the otherfeed-roller, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witiiesses, this 5th day of September, 1879.

i THOMAS S. WILES.

\\'itiiesses:

JAMES H. SLADE,

J Amas T. GooDFELLoW.

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